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River : Little soul, big world. Eat, sleep, and eat. Many souls.
Mal : Cattle on the ship three weeks, she don't go near 'em. Suddenly we're on Jianying, and she's got a driving need to commune with the beasts?
River : They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see sky, and they remember what they are.
Mal : Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
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Patron : [River is about to be burned at the stake] This is a holy cleansing. You cannot think to thwart God's will.
Mal : Y'all see the man hangin' out of the spaceship with the really big gun? I'm not saying you weren't easy to find, but it was kind of out of our way and he didn't wanna come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal : [to Simon] Gotta say, Doctor, your talent for alienatin' folks is near miraculous.
Simon : Yes, I'm very proud.
Mal : [about River] Cut her down.
Patron : The girl is a witch.
Mal : Yeah, but she's our witch.
[Cocks shotgun and aims at Town Patron]
Mal : So cut her the hell down.
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Captain Reynolds : Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
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Mal : This is the last time. Last time with cows. Hear there was an idea regarding beagles? They have smallish droppings?
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Dr. Simon Tam : Why'd you come back for us?
Mal : You're on my crew.
Dr. Simon Tam : But you don't even like me. Why'd you come back?
Mal : You're on my crew. Why are we still talking about this?
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Zoë : Badger just hailed us. Gettin' impatient for his share. Wants us to drop it to his men on the Kowlan Fed Base.
Jayne : That'd be a hell of a lot easier to do without the two most wanted on board. Life would look to be simpler us not carrying fugies.
Zoë : He is right, you know.
Mal : Yeah. Simpler.